My daughter came home from Ferncliff different. Quieter, in a good way. She'd found a kind of stillness I hadn't seen in her before.
Sarah M.
Parent · Little Rock · Camper family since 2018
Ferncliff · Est. 1937 · Little Rock, Arkansas
A camp. A retreat. A place to belong.
1,200 acres outside Little Rock. Welcoming families, groups, and seekers since 1937.
Begin here
Find your path through Ferncliff.
Pick the one that fits. We'll take it from there.
Summer Camp
Send your child to camp
Day & overnight programs, plus first-time camper resources.
Find a session
Retreats & Conferences
Plan a retreat or conference
Lodging and meeting space for groups of 12 to 300.
Book a tour
Nature School
Enroll in Nature Preschool
Year-round outdoor learning shaped by the seasons. Ages 3–5.
Tour the school
Outreach
Join a mission or service trip
Disaster Assistance Center plus year-round service trips.
Get involved
Giving
Give to a campaign
Monthly giving, project campaigns, and planned gifts.
Ways to give
Store
Visit the Ferncliff store
Apparel, mugs, hats, and seasonal camp keepsakes.
Shop nowEighty-nine years on this land, with no plans to leave.
The Presbytery of Arkansas opened Ferncliff in 1937 with a borrowed tent and a quiet belief that the woods could change a life. The tent is long gone. The belief still holds.
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Four ways in
What happens here.
Four program areas, one ethos. Each one shaped by what the land asks of us, and what people bring with them when they arrive.
01 — Summer
Summer Camp
Day and overnight programs for K–12. Cabins, canoes, chapel, campfire.
Sessions & Dates02 — Year-round
Retreats & Conferences
Lodging, meeting rooms, and full hospitality for groups of 12 to 300.
Inquire03 — Ages 3–5
Nature Preschool
Mud, moss, and morning circle. Outdoor learning shaped by seasons.
Enrollment04 — Service
Outreach & Missions
The Disaster Assistance Center, volunteer trips, and year-round service work.
Get involvedFriends of Ferncliff · Spring Campaign
Send a kid to camp who couldn't go otherwise.
Every $475 covers a week of overnight camp for a child whose family can't. The 2026 scholarship fund is open through July. Recurring gifts welcome.
$54,200
Raised
$75,000
Goal
As an expression of God's love, we welcome people into a life of caring for Creation, others, and themselves.
— Ferncliff Mission, since 1937
The Ferncliff Store
From the camp store.
Drinkware
Ferncliff Wheat Mug
Ceramic · 12 oz
Summer Camp
Belief & Beyond Tee
2026 camp shirt
Giving
Day Camp Scholarship
Send a kid to camp
Art & Print
Ferncliff Lake Poster
Original artwork
Apparel
Crew Sweatshirts
Cooler nights at camp
Home
Ferncliff Coaster Set
Set of 4
Outreach
Disaster Relief Flood Bucket
Disaster Assistance Center
Keepsake
Ferncliff Journal
4×7 in · lined